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BiographyLaduma Ncwaba Mikaeli Madela
… and dreams. These he recorded in his autobiographical writings and illustrations, from 1951 on. He worked briefly …
BiographyPeter Moonsammy
… or qualifications but a man who brought out the true humanity and virtues of the working person and the oppressed …
Ndibhala Intando Yam: A Converstation on Translating "I Write What I Like" by Steve Biko
A book that shaped political consciousness is finally speaking isiXhosa - in the community where Black thought has always lived.For decades, I Write What I…
BiographyDorothy Cleminshaw
Dorothy Cleminshaw (nee Mullany) was born in Cape Town on the 15th of September 1922. She went to Ellersie College in Sea Point and matriculated with a full…
BiographyProfessor Harold Jack Simons
… the University of Zambia. He is now retired in Lusaka. His writings include African Women: Their Legal Status in South …
BiographyHugh Lewin
… inmates on the pages of his Bible. On his release, these writings were published in London in 1974 and remained banned …
EventDr Chris Barnard performs the world's first human heart transplant
On 3 December 1967, South African doctor, Dr Christiaan (Chris) Barnard, performed the world's first human to human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital,…
BiographyAbraham H. de Vries
The South African writer, Abraham Hermanus de Vries, was born on Tuesday the 9th of February, in 1937, in a small town and agricultural centre of the western…
BiographyMandla Langa
… and editor at large of Leadership Magazine . Some of his writings include short stories such as ‘The Dead Men Who Lost … 2014. Collections of multiple…
The Struggle of John Brown Russwurm - The Life and Writings of a Pan-Africanist Pioneer 1799 - 1851 by Winston James
… The Struggles of John Brown Russwurm: The Life and Writings of a Pan-Africanist Pioneer, 1799-1851 … The Struggle of John Brown Russwurm - The Life and…
BiographyNokugcina Elsie Mhlophe
… as adult audience poetry and short stories and plays. Her writings are published all over the world and translated into …
BiographyAmos Langdown
… right, and lent his skills to illustrating the published writings of such literary personalities as Alba Bouwer, …
BiographyIsaac Bangani Tabata
… of South Africa) and of APDUSA. In addition to the writings cited, he wrote a collection of essays, Imperialist …
BiographyFred Khumalo
Fred Khumalo was born on 4 August 1966 in Chesterville, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), and grew up in Mpumalanga Township close to the industrial area of…
EventSouth Africa's TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
On 15 April 1996, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), under Chairman Archbishop Desmond Tutu, began its first formal hearings in East London City…
BiographyMassabalala (Bonnie) Yengwa
… been the director of the Luthuli Memorial Foundation. His writings include a Zulu Novel, Inqaba ka Mabelemade , …
BiographyLeo Rbc Francois
… has since evaporated. His National Academy failed, his writings on art are no longer read, and his own work, poorly …
BiographyBen Turok
… "Inequality as State Policy: The South African Case." His writings also include "South Africa: The Search for a …
BiographyAdam Small
… especially on the Coloured community. He used his writings as a tool to bring attention to the oppression … anything further, such as imprisonment…
BiographyAbraham Faure
… the Zuid-Afrikaansch Tractaat en Boek Genootschap.His writings were chiefly of a religious-ethical and historical …
BiographyJames M. Thaele
… affected by the Garveyist movement, and his subsequent writings and speeches reflected a militant race consciousness …
BiographyGreg Marinovich
… United Nations awarded him `Recognition for Services to Humanity.' After his recovery, he returned to documenting the … 1991 United Nations award of…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… political spectrum from 1984 onwards, for his views and writings - including from writers belonging to this alliance. …
BiographyLauretta Ngcobo
… the men had left for the cities” said Ngcobo*(2). In her writings, Ngcobo is generous in her criticisms of apartheid …
BiographyHenry ‘Mr Drum’ Nxumalo
… he could further his education. He began submitting his writings to various newspapers while still at school. …
BiographyHarry Garuba
Harry Garuba was born in Akure, southwestern Nigeria, in 1958. [1] At the young age of seventeen he was accepted to study English at the University of Ibadan…
BiographyIrene Menell (nee Manderstam)
Born in 1932, Irene Menell (nee Manderstam) spent her early life moving from one place to the next, completing her primary and secondary schooling in the…
“Human beings with Souls”: Reconsidering The Durban Strikes Pamphlet by Alex Lichtenstein
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Abstract: To this day, the only book-length study of the mass…
ArchiveTheoria: a journal of studies in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences No.64 1985
An official list is published of forty-four people who have left South Africa and whose writings will not be allowed under the
… of forty-four people who have left South Africa and whose writings will not be allowed under the …